# Conventional Munitions — Program Element 0603609N

**Program element:** 0603609N  
**Component:** U.S. Navy  
**Appropriation:** 1319 — RDT&E, Navy  
**Budget Activity:** 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603609N

## Summary

U.S. Navy requests $10.2M in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak), sustained across the five-year plan. In the FY2027 defense authorization, the House funded it in full; the Senate funded it in full; House appropriators added 147% (to $25.2M). NAWC DIV/CHINA LAKE leads the industry work, though an unusually large share flows to government labs and warfare centers.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 8.8 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 10.9 |
| FY2027 | Request | 10.2 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 10.1 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 9.3 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 9.1 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 9.3 |

> Estimate types are not summed — the profile mixes actuals, enacted law, the request, and outyear projections.

## Congressional marks (FY2027)

| Stage | Marked ($M) | Change ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| Request | 10.2 | — |
| House NDAA (HASC) | 10.2 | +0.0 |
| Senate NDAA (SASC) | 10.2 | +0.0 |
| House Approps (HAC-D) | 25.2 | +15.0 |

> FY2027 NDAA authorization marks, as of 2026-07-27. Not appropriations or final law.

## Projects (2)

| Project | Title | FY2025 actual | FY2026 enacted | FY2027 request | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0363 | Insensitive Munitions Adv. Development | 5.7 | 7.0 | 6.7 | −5% |
| 0364 | Explosives Safety and Weapons Assessment | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | −7% |

> Projects are the summable leaves: the program element total is their sum, never added to it.

### Project 0363 — Insensitive Munitions Adv. Development

Energetic materials producibility is demonstrated to assure national capability to produce and load munitions systems. The program leverages are being closely coordinated with other military departments, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and allied countries to eliminate redundant efforts and maximize efficiency. A joint service IM requirement has been developed and through the IM strategic planning process, all Program Executive Offices (PEO) are implementing IM in their priority munitions. IM are identified as a Department of Defense (DoD) critical technology requirement and considered as part of a weapon design. The IMAD program matures the technology developed by a variety of Science and Technology (S&T) sources for program management integration into weapons systems to meet the IM technical deficiencies documented in the PEO IM Strategic Plans. IMAD provides the link between S&T programs and the program managers (PM) by optimizing IM technologies to meet Navy requirements. IMAD offers risk mitigation for the PMs in terms of IM technical knowledge, expertise and manpower with the state of the art expertise across IM products. Each technology area is divided into subtasks addressing specific munition and munition class IM deficiencies.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** NAWC DIV/CHINA LAKE (2.2, 32%), NOSSA (0.3, 4.5%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insensitive Munitions Adv. Development | 5.7 | 7.0 | 6.7 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

### Project 0364 — Explosives Safety and Weapons Assessment

Reduce risk introduced by new weapons systems and technologies that have potential to interfere with ordnance safety and Fleet operations. Emerging radars for all classes of ships introduce a heightened electromagnetic environment (EME) with the likelihood of exceeding the maximum allowable environment (MAE) currently in place. The MAE provides the safety barrier in identifying the electrostatic safety threshold for ordnance items. Exceeding MAE introduces increased risk of inadvertent detonation of electrically primed explosives.

**Named R-3 performers** (share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total, so they need not reach 100%)**:** NOSSA (1.7, 47%).

| Activity (R-2A) | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerging Radar Modeling and Simulation Development | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Electrostatic Discharge Technical Information Analysis System (ESD TIAS) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Insensitive Munitions Fast Cook Off (FCO) Fixtures | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Hazards Of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance Measurement Techniques & Hardware | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Hazards Of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance Stimulus & Spectrum Threshold | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Ordnance Safety of Lithium Batteries | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |

> R-2A activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. Coverage is partial, so count them, never total them.

## Where the FY2027 request goes

| Category | Share | $M |
|---|---|---|
| Industry primes | 41% | 4.1 |
| Government labs & warfare centers | 60% | 6.1 |

**Top named industry performers:** NAWC DIV/CHINA LAKE ($2.2M, 21%), NOSSA ($2.0M, 19%).

> R-3 exhibit contract funding, not USAspending obligations.

## Mission & acquisition strategy

Energetic materials producibility is demonstrated to assure national capability to produce and load munitions systems. The program leverages are being closely coordinated with other military departments, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and allied countries to eliminate redundant efforts and maximize efficiency. A joint service IM requirement has been developed and through the IM strategic planning process, all Program Executive Offices (PEO) are implementing IM in their priority munitions. IM are identified as a Department of Defense (DoD) critical technology requirement and considered as part of a weapon design.

Explosive Saftey and Weapons Assessment is assigned as a non-ACAT program and therefore does not have program milestones like the ACAT I to IV programs. IMAD develops and evaluates IM technologies for use in Navy weapon systems and is not part of a particular weapon acquisition program.

## Related program elements

- [0603790A — NATO Research and Development](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603790A) (Army)
- [0207325F — JASSM Extended Range (JASSM-ER)](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0207325F) (Air Force)
- [0603790F — Nato Coop R&D](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603790F) (Air Force)
- [0603945D8Z — International Innovation Initiatives](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603945D8Z) (Defense-Wide)

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Department of the Navy RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-3, PE 0603609N (PB PB2027); FY2027 NDAA committee marks (as of 2026-07-27).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603609N")`.

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